District of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the D.C. born, Democratic candidate Al Gore with 85.16% of the vote. Bush got 8.95% with 18,073 votes compared to Nader who got 5.24% with 10,576 votes.[1] A total of 44% of the population came out to vote.[2] The District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican, however, one Democratic elector abstained from casting a vote, bringing the district's electoral vote total down from 3 to 2. The District, along with neighboring Maryland were the only jurisdictions where Gore improved upon Bill Clinton's performance.
This election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a place in a presidential election: the others were in Mississippi in 1820, as one of the state's three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement, and in Nevada in 1864 due to one of the electors getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him.[3]
^Electors were elected to all 3 of the District of Columbia's apportioned positions; however, one elector pledged to the Gore/Lieberman ticket abstained from casting a vote for President or Vice President, bringing the total number of electoral votes cast to 2.
Referencesedit
^"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
^"District of Columbia Board of Elections - Official Site". dcboe.org.
^Rocha, Guy. "Nevada Myths". Nevada State Library and Archives. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
2000, united, states, presidential, election, district, columbia, main, article, 2000, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 2000, part, 2000, united, states, presidential, election, voters, chose, three, representatives, electors, ele. Main article 2000 United States presidential election The 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 7 2000 as part of the 2000 United States presidential election Voters chose three representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia 1996 November 7 2000 2004 Nominee Al Gore George W Bush Ralph NaderParty Democratic Republican GreenHome state Tennessee Texas ConnecticutRunning mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney Winona LaDukeElectoral vote 2 a 0 0Popular vote 171 923 18 073 10 576Percentage 85 16 8 95 5 24 Ward Results Gore 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 President before electionBill ClintonDemocratic Elected President George W BushRepublicanDistrict of Columbia voted by an extremely large margin in favor of the D C born Democratic candidate Al Gore with 85 16 of the vote Bush got 8 95 with 18 073 votes compared to Nader who got 5 24 with 10 576 votes 1 A total of 44 of the population came out to vote 2 The District of Columbia has never voted for a Republican however one Democratic elector abstained from casting a vote bringing the district s electoral vote total down from 3 to 2 The District along with neighboring Maryland were the only jurisdictions where Gore improved upon Bill Clinton s performance This election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a place in a presidential election the others were in Mississippi in 1820 as one of the state s three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement and in Nevada in 1864 due to one of the electors getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him 3 Contents 1 Results 2 See also 3 Footnotes 4 ReferencesResults edit2000 United States presidential election in the District of ColumbiaParty Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 171 923 85 16 2Republican George W Bush Dick Cheney 18 073 8 95 0Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 10 576 5 24 0Libertarian Harry Browne Art Oliver 669 0 33 0Others Others Others 653 0 32 0Totals 201 894 100 00 1 b Voter turnout 44 See also editUnited States presidential elections in the District of ColumbiaFootnotes edit An elector abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president Electors were elected to all 3 of the District of Columbia s apportioned positions however one elector pledged to the Gore Lieberman ticket abstained from casting a vote for President or Vice President bringing the total number of electoral votes cast to 2 References edit Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org District of Columbia Board of Elections Official Site dcboe org Rocha Guy Nevada Myths Nevada State Library and Archives Retrieved April 22 2021 nbsp This District of Columbia elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia amp oldid 1174542179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
